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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

Sure, we built SaaS products before the term even existed but at 31 it was hard to delineate reality from what all of the monied people around us were telling us what we were worth. 2001–2007: THE BUILDING YEARS The dot com bubble had burst. Between 2006–2008 I sold both companies that I had started and became a VC.

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BlackLine Systems: Strongest Quarter Ever

socalTECH

in 2007, and nearly $5M in 2008, according to numbers from the Inc. Tags: blackline systems financial software saas. The firm said it signed Four Seasons, Unified Grocers, and Express Jet during the quarter. Blackline has previously disclosed it had revenues of around $2.4M READ MORE>>.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010. Founded in 2007. Time will tell. Total Raised: $9.64mm.

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Tealium Adds $35M to Expand Technology, Sharpen Customer Focus

Xconomy

Tealium , founded in 2008, has raised close to $113 million since its inception, according to Crunchbase , although that number includes both debt and equity deals. Lunsford oversaw WebSideStory’s IPO in 2004, and Limelight’s IPO in 2007. Georgian Partners and Bain Capital Ventures, the investment firms that anchored Tealium’s $30.7

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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Topics of discussion will be Wearables Technology, Bitcoin, SaaS, Cloud, Mobile, Gaming, Social Markets, what surprises are coming for 2014, creating value with your company, hiring problem solvers, and building a sensible businesses. There will be plenty of FREE food and drinks!

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Interview with Mark Suster, GRP Partners

socalTECH

We have thirteen-plus companies which have gone from inception to selling for North of a billion dollars, including the last company we sold, in October of 2008, BillMeLater, which we sold to eBay for a billion dollars. As a result, I'm looking at a lot of software-as-a-service companies, and have run a number of SaaS companies.

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Chrome River: Building An Enterprise Software Leader In LA, with Dave Terry

socalTECH

We formed the company in 2007, came out with our first product in late 2008, and began selling in earnest in 2009. The company was formed with this business proposition, that we could apply newer, later technology, and create something that was highly configurable and flexible.

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